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No. 344,368. Patented June l29, 188.6.

Y hereby declare the UNITED YSTATES CARL FRESCHL, OF MILWAUKEE,VISCONSIN.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming para To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARI. FREscHL, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Knitted Caps 5 and I do following to be a full, clear,and exact description of said invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which forni a part of this specification.

My invention-to be hereinafter distinctly elaimed-relates to theconstruction, constituentparts, and form of a cap as an article ofmanufacture.

The object of the invention will be understood from the description ofthe cap and the claim of what is new.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is the knitted web of which thecap is mostly formed, a section being removed to more clearly show theparts. Fig. 2 is the web doubled inwardly upon itself in process ofconstructing the cap, a section being removed to show interior parts.Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the cap. Fig. 4 is an exterior view ofthe cap. Fig. 5 is a modified form ofthe cap, a section being removed toshow its construction clearly. Fig. 6 is the modified form ofthe cap inwhich it is usually made for the market.

The web is of yarn` knitted into a loose ribbed elastic fabric incontinuous cylindrical form, being preferably knitted a little tighteror closer at and near the points of the continuous web that are to bethe ends I) b of each single piece of web. The continuous web isseparated at proper points into pieces, each of which pieces, Fig. l, isfor one cap. The respective ends of this piece of web are drawn togetherand fastened as shown in Fig. l at I) Z), the closer knitting of thefabric at this point being such as to take up or close upon itself byshrinking, so as to obviate what would otherwise be folds or plaitsformed by drawing together the ends of the fabric. The web is thenfolded inwardly upon itself at its middle c, (shown in Fig. l asslightly widened at the point of folding,) in Fig. 2. The

and assumes the form shown of Letters Patent No. 344,368, dated June 29,1886, Application filed October 1L), 1885. Serial No. 179,600.

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fabric, being knitted in a continuous web on one machine, is all of thesame size, except as diminished by the closer knitting of the fabric atthe points intended for the ends of each piece, which variations in sizeare uniform; but after knitting and doubling, the separate pieces of webare fulled or shrunk by manipulation in hot water, and are then dried onblocks or forms of varying sizes, whereby caps are produced of all themany varying sizes desirable for the market. A lining, d, is thenaiiixed to the part which is the inside of the cap when completed, andusually a knob, c, is attached to the end or top of the cap. The outeror double edge of the web c c is then folded back outwardly upon itself,forming the band f, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, but which may be turneddown over the ears of the wearer, if desired. The top of the cap, asshown in Fig. 4, may be depressed to assume the form shown in Fig. (i,if desired, and the fabric, being closely knitted at and near the top,will so contract as to take up what would other wise be a full orwrinkled surface.

The modified form of the cap shown in Fig. 5 has only a single thicknessof fabric (except the lining d) over the top, and on account of itscomparative lightness is preferred in some cases. It is constructed byomitting so much of the web shown in Fig. 1 as is above the line x x,and folding the lower part inwardly at c c, so that the inner side, whenthrust upwardly inwardly, will be exposed above the line x fr, and willform the unfinished surface on the outside shown at g in Fig. 5. Vhenmade in this way, the edge at x a" is sewed to the "abrio at h, so thatthe band f is double and the top of the cap of single thickness, (exceptthe lining,) as in Fig. 5.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cap composed of a single piece of circular or hose-like knitted fabrichaving a' loose. stitch throughout, except in that part of the fabricwhich forms the top of the cap, which part has a close stitch, the endof the fabric being closed up at the top of the cap,

which top of the cap is flat, or nearly ilat,

which is ordinarily worn I OO scribed.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL FRESCHL.

Witnesses:

C. T. BENEDICT, G. A. PLATZ.

